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Tim Kane (playwright)
A special election for Ohio's 12th congressional district was held on August 7, 2018, following the resignation of Republican U.S. Representative Pat Tiberi. The Republican Party nominated State Senator Troy Balderson for the seat while the Democratic Party nominated Franklin County Recorder Danny O'Connor. Balderson led O'Connor in preliminary results; however, the race was not officially called on election night. Constantly updated Counting of outstanding ballots began on August 18 and was completed on August 24. The outstanding ballots did not change the margin enough to trigger an automatic recount, so Balderson was declared the winner on August 24. Background On October 19, 2017, nine-term incumbent Republican representative Pat Tiberi announced that he would leave office before January 31, 2018, in order to lead the Ohio Business Roundtable. On January 3, 2018, he announced that he would officially resign on January 15. On January 5, Ohio Governor John Kasich set the pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ohio's 12th Congressional District
Ohio's 12th congressional district is a United States List of United States congressional districts, congressional district in central Ohio, covering Athens County, Ohio, Athens County, Coshocton County, Ohio, Coshocton County, Fairfield County, Ohio, Fairfield County, Guernsey County, Ohio, Guernsey County, Knox County, Ohio, Knox County, Licking County, Ohio, Licking County, Morgan County, Ohio, Morgan County, Muskingum County, Ohio, Muskingum County and Perry County, Ohio, Perry County along with parts of Delaware County, Ohio, Delaware, Holmes County, Ohio, Holmes and Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Tuscarawas counties. The district includes communities east of Columbus, Ohio, Columbus including Zanesville, Ohio, Zanesville, Cambridge, Ohio, Cambridge, and Mount Vernon, Ohio, Mount Vernon. It is currently represented by Troy Balderson, a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party. Balderson took office following a Ohio's 12th congressional district special elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muskingum County, Ohio
Muskingum County ( ) is a county located in the east-central portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 86,410. Its county seat is Zanesville. Nearly bisected by the Muskingum River, the county name is based on a Delaware American Indian word translated as "town by the river" or "elk's eye". Muskingum County comprises the Zanesville, OH Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH Combined Statistical Area. The Zanesville Micropolitan Statistical Area is the second-largest statistical area within the Combined Statistical Area, after the Columbus Metropolitan Statistical Area. Name The name ''Muskingum'' may come from the Shawnee word ''mshkikwam'' 'swampy ground'. The name may also be from Lenape ''"Machkigen,"'' referring to thorns, or a specific species of thorn bush. ''Muskingum'' has also been taken to mean 'elk's eye' (''mus wəshkinkw'') by folk etymology, as in ''mus'' 'elk' + ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kris Jordan
Kristopher W. Jordan (February 10, 1977 – February 25, 2023) was an American politician in the Republican Party. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2019 until his death (after a previous term from 2009 to 2010), and the Ohio Senate from 2011 to 2019, where he was chairman of the Senate State and Local Government and Veterans Affairs Committee. Career After graduation from the Ohio State University, Jordan served two terms as a Delaware County commissioner and worked for Rep. Joan Lawrence and as a legislative aide to Rep. Jon Peterson. Jordan was a member of the Delaware County Farm Bureau, Hiram Masonic Lodge, the Delaware County Township Association and the County Commissioner Association of Ohio. With incumbent Jon Peterson unable to run again because of term limits in 2008, Jordan, a former aide of Peterson, sought to replace him. Among four candidates, Jordan secured the Republican nomination with 53.31% of the vote. He won the general election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concord Township, Delaware County, Ohio
Concord Township is one of the eighteen townships of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 11,207 people in the township. Geography Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships and city: * Delaware Township - northeast * Liberty Township - east *Dublin - south * Jerome Township, Union County - southwest * Millcreek Township, Union County - west * Scioto Township - northwest Three municipalities are located in Concord Township: *Part of the city of Delaware, the county seat of Delaware County, in the northeast *Part of the city of Dublin, in the south *The village of Shawnee Hills, in the southeast The unincorporated community of Bellepoint lies in the township's north. Waterways *The Scioto River The Scioto River ( ) is a river in central and southern Ohio more than in length. It rises in Hardin County, Ohio, Hardin County just north of Roundhead, Ohio, flows through Columbus, Ohio, where it collects its la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Jordan
James Daniel Jordan (born February 17, 1964) is an American politician who has served in the U.S. House of Representatives as the representative for since 2007. He is a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party. Jordan is a two-time NCAA national champion Collegiate wrestling, wrestler and a former college wrestling coach. In Congress, Jordan helped start the Right-wing populism in the United States, right-wing populist House Freedom Caucus, serving as its first chair from 2015 to 2017, and as its vice chair since 2017. Jordan was a prominent critic of Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Speaker of the House John Boehner, who resigned under Freedom Caucus pressure in 2015. He was the ranking member of the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House Oversight Committee from 2019 to 2020, when he left to become the ranking member of the United States House Committee on the Judiciary, House Judiciary Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Secretary Of State
The United States secretary of state (SecState) is a member of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States and the head of the U.S. Department of State. The secretary of state serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all foreign affairs matters. The secretary carries out the president's foreign policies through the U.S Department of State, which includes the Foreign Service, Civil Service, and U.S. Agency for International Development. The office holder is the second-highest-ranking member of the president's cabinet, after the vice president, and ranks fourth in the presidential line of succession; first amongst cabinet secretaries. Created in 1789 with Thomas Jefferson as its first office holder, the secretary of state represents the United States to foreign countries, and is therefore considered analogous to a secretary or minister of foreign affairs in other countries. The secretary of state is nominated by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George P
George may refer to: Names * George (given name) * George (surname) People * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Papagheorghe, also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George, son of Andrew I of Hungary Places South Africa * George, South Africa, a city ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa, a city * George, Missouri, a ghost town * George, Washington, a city * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Computing * George (algebraic compiler) also known as 'Laning and Zierler system', an algebraic compiler by Laning and Zierler in 1952 * GEORGE (computer), early computer built by Argonne National Laboratory in 1957 * GEORGE (operating system), a range of operating systems (George 1–4) for the ICT 1900 range of computers in the 1960s * GEORGE (programming language), an autocode system invented by Charles Leonard Hamblin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carly Fiorina
Cara Carleton "Carly" Fiorina (; ; born September 6, 1954) is an American businesswoman and politician, known primarily for her tenure as chief executive officer (CEO) of Hewlett-Packard (HP) from 1999 to 2005. Fiorina was the first woman to lead a ''Fortune 500, Fortune'' Top-20 company. Fiorina started her career at AT&T and subsequently worked at Lucent Technologies, where she led the joint venture with Philips. In 2002, Fiorina oversaw what was then the largest technology sector merger in history, in which HP acquired rival personal computer manufacturer, Compaq. The transaction made HP the world's largest seller of personal computers. HP subsequently laid off 30,000 U.S. employees. Nonetheless, the number of employees exceeded the pre-merger figure and grew to 150,000 during her tenure.Goldman, David"Behind Carly Fiorina's 30,000 HP layoffs" CNN (September 21, 2015): "She has also notedcorrectlythat despite bruising layoffs, she hired more people than she fired. HP and Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor Of Ohio
A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative. Depending on the type of political region or polity, a ''governor'' may be either appointed or elected, and the governor's powers can vary significantly, depending on the public laws in place locally. The adjective pertaining to a governor is gubernatorial, from the Latin root ''gubernare''. In a federated state, the governor may serve as head of state and head of government for their regional polity, while still operating under the laws of the federation, which has its own head of state for the entire federation. Ancient empires Pre-Roman empires Though the legal and administrative framework of provinces, each administered by a governor, was created by the Romans, the term ''governor'' has been a convenient term for historians to describe similar systems in antiquity. Indeed, many regions of the pre-Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Gonzales
Anne Gonzales (born August 12, 1963) is a Real Estate Advisor for 3 Degrees Realty. A former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the Nineteenth District between 2011 and 2019. Career Gonzales is a Realtor with 3 Degrees Realty. After graduating from Otterbein University, Gonzales worked as a paralegal before returning home to raise children. Gonzales has been on Westerville City Council since 2002, and served as vice Mayor and Mayor for four years. Ohio House of Representatives Democrat Marian Harris won an upset in the 19th House District in 2008 after many years in Republican hands. In 2010, the seat was a top target for Republicans, and Gonzales was seen as a viable candidate. In November 2009, she entered the race to unseat Harris. In the general election, Gonzales proved victorious, beating Harris by almost 6,000 votes. Gonzales was sworn into her first term on January 3, 2011, and is serving as a member of the Economic and Small Business Develop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Brenner
Andrew O. Brenner (born January 14, 1971) is a U.S. Republican party politician and member of the Ohio Senate, currently serving his second term for the 19th Senate District. Biography In 2010, former Representative Kris Jordan moved to the Ohio Senate, and Brenner ran for his open seat. In the Republican Primary, Brenner faced five opponents collecting 24.4% of the vote. In the general election, facing Richard Bird, he won by 26,000 votes. Representative Brenner served as Delaware County Recorder from 2005 until 2010 before his election to the Ohio House. Prior to his election as Recorder, he served on the Kingston Township zoning board and as a representative to the Delaware County Regional Planning Commission for Kingston Township. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from The Ohio State University in 1993, majoring in marketing and economics. Upon graduation from college he spent 11 years as an entrepreneur in the real estate and mortgage fields. Sena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberty Township, Delaware County, Ohio
Liberty Township is one of the eighteen townships of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census reported a population of 33,252 in the township. Geography Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships and city: * Delaware Township - north * Berlin Township - northeast * Orange Township - east * Sharon Township, Franklin County - southeast corner * Perry Township, Franklin County - south *Dublin - southwest * Concord Township - west The city of Powell is located in southern Liberty Township, and the ghost town of Carpenter's Mill lies in the township. Demographics Name and history It is one of twenty-five Liberty Townships statewide. The first non-American Indian settler of Liberty Township - also of Delaware County - was Capt. Nathan Carpenter, who settled in the township on May 1, 1801, after a journey of over 2½ months from New York City. Liberty Township was also "one of the three original townships into which the county ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
